Torvald Spear, resurrected a hundred years after his death, continues to hunt down Penny Royale, a rebellious AI and dangerous war criminal fleeing the forces of the State. On the other side of Pogost, where the law is idle and mortal danger lurks, Spear follows the trail of several warring progenitors, crab-like strangers, who have long been violently in conflict with humanity. Swirl, a genetically modified Penny Royale, slowly transforming into a human, chases after another great-grandfather who harbors the deepest hatred for the State and is looking for a way to resume war with the people. Blythe, a merchant ship captain and luck catcher, hands over two captives and valuable memplants donated by Penny Royale, a forensic Brockle, a dangerous entity, to a vicious AI with its own obscure motives. Penny Royal, meanwhile, is looking for the plant-station Cech 101, in wartime, produced weapons and was considered destroyed. What does he need there? And will Spear Penny Royale find before he gets to the goal?The War Factory, the second book of the Transformation trilogy, Neil Escher's iconic space opera, is a dizzying pace, high technology, incredible creatures and harsh, dangerous worlds of the distant future.